Chapter 178 Goat Cheese

Bear meat is rough in texture and takes time to stew, so this is a good time to add another dish.

Put all the beef balls into the pot, take them out after they are cooked, and next time you want to eat them, just put them back into the pot and cook them.

Mu Xi took the pot of beef balls away and put the pot of boiling milk on the stove. "What else do you need?"

He didn't know what Zhao Yeqing was going to do, but when he heard her say that she needed more gauze, he went to get it and spread it in the basin as she said.

He stepped aside and took the meatballs out of the pot, glancing at Zhao Yeqing from time to time to see how she was doing it.

Put the goat milk into the pot and boil it. When it starts to bubble slightly at the edge of the pot, add a little white vinegar and stir constantly with a spoon.

White vinegar will denature and coagulate the protein in the milk. It would be better if there was lemon. White vinegar has a vinegar smell and is not as refreshing as lemon.

After stirring for a while, the goat milk in the pot gradually turned into a mixture of white flocs and translucent yellowish liquid. Zhao Yeqing took the pot down and placed it on the ground, and put the basin covered with gauze aside.

Pour all the flocculent goat milk into the basin, then lift the four corners of the gauze. White flocs of goat milk will remain in the middle of the gauze, and the liquid will be filtered into the basin.

You have to grab the gauze and squeeze it to remove the liquid from the flocs.

It was still a little hot, and Zhao Yeqing blew and squeezed it, and the flocs wrapped in gauze turned into a white solid. This was the simple version of goat cheese.

The liquid that comes out is whey.

This kind of goat cheese is called goat milk cake or goat milk tofu in Yunnan Province.

It is somewhat different from the Tibetan milk tofu, which is mostly made from milk and is made by fermenting and then heating.

It is also different from ordinary cheese, which needs to be fermented after it is made.

This simple goat cheese will also draw strings after heating like the previous two, but it has not been folded, so the strings will break easily.

But the milk flavor is very strong and it can be fried, deep-fried or steamed.

Like the process of making tofu, the white solid cheese is best pressed with a heavy object.

Zhao Yeqing wrapped the cheese completely with gauze, placed it in a bowl, and placed a round stone on top.

The remaining whey will not be wasted and can be used to make pancakes or steamed buns, which is also very nutritious.

As the staple food had not been prepared yet, Zhao Yeqing added flour to the whey, made a batter, and scooped it into the heated pan, spreading it into thin pancakes.

Mu Xi opened the lid of the pot where the bear meat was cooked, and the soup inside had almost dried up.

The bear meat is a large piece placed in the marinade. Use chopsticks to poke into the meat, pull the meat out and place it on the chopping board. Half of it is sliced ​​into thin slices and the other half is cut into small pieces.

Zhao Yeqing spread out five or six pancakes and poured oil into the pan to heat it.

Take the cheese out of the gauze. The cheese has been squeezed to become hard.

Cut into thin slices with a knife and fry in oil until both sides are golden brown.

You can sprinkle it with salt or sugar.

Zhao Yeqing thought about how many things had happened today, so he decided to sprinkle some sugar and eat some sweets to ease his mood.

Mu Xi brought over a plate of sliced ​​bear meat, and Zhao Yeqing first picked up a piece of meat with chopsticks and put it into his mouth.

She was prepared for the roughness of bear meat, but she didn't expect that it was still difficult to chew after being stewed for so long.

The taste is similar to pork liver, and a bit like cooked beef jerky.

The meat has very coarse fibers, and if you taste it carefully you can taste a slight hint of the bear's flavor.

It’s not bad, but it’s definitely not as delicious as beef or mutton.

Zhao Yeqing took the pancake in his hand, put the sliced ​​bear meat into the pancake, rolled it up and ate it.

The sliced ​​bear meat is better, it is thinner and less rough.

After dinner, Mu Xi went to the yard to clean up the remaining blood to avoid attracting other animals.

Zhao Yeqing boiled a large pot of water, and the two of them took a bath, completely relaxing their tense emotions and finally having a good sleep.

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From that day on, the two would occasionally see animals they had never seen before on the meadow.

For example, there was a herd of deer by the lake before, and later a group of white-lipped deer appeared near home.

The leader of the white-lipped deer has large antlers and the fur around its mouth is snow-white.

Maybe it’s because the pasture is close to home. Even though most of the grass is frozen, the deer are not picky at this time and will still eat it after turning over the snow.

Deer have relatively small knees, so when they see them from a distance they stand still. As long as they move a little, the herd will be frightened and run away.

Zhao Yeqing would stay in the house most of the time. When the deer saw that there was no one nearby, they would wander to the doorstep. Then she would sneak a peek out the window.

Occasionally you can hear the sound of deer calling on the meadow. People say it is the sound of deer calling, but in fact it sounds more like the sound of deer calling, similar to the ethereal sound of a whistle.

Until the temperature rises, the snow begins to melt slightly, but it is not melted by the temperature, but by the wind.

The deer still did not leave the meadow.

Zhao Yeqing drank a bowl of goat's milk sweet wine and eggs in the house and watched the deer passing by outside.

"What's the temperature today?"

Mu Xi lowered his eyes to look at his watch, "It's minus ten degrees in the room."

Won’t these deer return to the snow mountains?

The two men waited until the deer left the house before they walked out.

The weather was good during this period. In order to avoid encountering similar brown bear incidents again, Mu Xi would ride Xiaohong to patrol the area from time to time.

No traces of large wild animals were found, but there were many animal footprints by the lake. It was hard to tell what animals they were, or maybe there were some footprints of all kinds of animals.

But there shouldn't be many large animals.

It is impossible that there is only one bear on the snowy mountain, but it is unknown how many bears could escape from the avalanche.

Even if they run out, they may not come to their side, after all, the meadow area is so big.

After confirming it was safe, the two packed up their things, took their fishing gear and prepared to go ice fishing again.

There might be potential threats on the meadow now, so the two men caught two large fish and a small basket of small fish and hurried home.

There is no need to kill the fish in this weather. Just cut off the head and tail of the fish that have frozen solid after being brought ashore, and fillet them.

From the beginning of winter to the end of winter, Zhao Yeqing finally got to eat the spicy boiled fish as he wished.

When a ladle of hot oil was poured on the boiled fish topped with chopped green onion, garlic, pepper powder and chili powder, Zhao Yeqing's tears were about to flow from the corners of his mouth.

After eating boiled fish, the remaining soup was saved to cook noodles the next day.

The main reason is that I can’t bear to part with the chili peppers.

Winter isn't even over yet, but her pepper stocks are already running low.

Mainly because the weather is cold, I like to eat some chili peppers to warm my body.

At night, Zhao Yeqing searched through the inventory.

Mu Xi waited in the room for a while, but she didn't come back. Just when he was thinking of going out to look for her, he saw her walk in holding a jar of wine.

The wine jar contains highland barley wine brewed by the original owner of the house.